WEBVTT >> HE SAW A GLIMMER. THE SUN HIT IT AND HE THOUGHT ITWAS A COIN OR A TOY, AND WHEN HEPICKED IT UP OUT OF THE LEAVES,IT WAS THIS SWORD.CAROLYN: DIONNA GRAY'S FIANCEFOUND THIS SWORD, SHORTLY AFTERVETERANS DAY, IN AN ALLEYBETWEEN POPE AND STATE STREETS. IT'S ENGRAVED WITH THE NAME"SHAWN M. PEDERSON," AND SAYS HEWAS A B.U. 2 IN THE U.S. NAVY. >> I'M SURE HE WOULD LIKE THISBACK. IT WAS EARNED. IT WASN'T JUST A GIFT. HE EARNED THIS. CAROLYN: GRAY HAS NO IDEA WHOPEDERSEN IS. THE SWORD HAS 10 LOCATIONSENGRAVED ON IT -- INCLUDING TORABORA, KANDAHAR, AND KABUL. GRAY DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUTPEDEREN'S SERVICE -- AND DOESN'TKNOW WHO GAVE HIM THIS SWORD,BUT SHE DOES KNOW SHE WANTS HEOR HIS FAMILY TO HAVE IT BACK. >> OUR FAMILY IS MILITARY AND MYFIANCE LOST HIS SON.HE WAS IN IRAQ TWICE AND HE'S NOLONGER WITH USHE WAS NOT EVEN 25-YEARS-OLD,AND MY DAD HAS SINCE PASSEDAWAY. WE'RE JUST A MILITARY FAMILY. WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY.CAROLYN: HER FIANCE CLEANED UPTHE SWORD, AND THEY'VE BEENKEEPING IT IN A SAFE PLACE ATHOME, WHILE THEY TRY TO FIND THEPERSON IT BELONGS TO -- HOPINGTO RETURN IT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. >> IT WOULD MAKE ME PROUD TORETURN IT TO HIM. IT WOULD MAKE ME PROUD FOR HIMTO HAVE THAT. IT REALLY WOULD, IT REALLYWOULD.

An unexpected discovery has a Louisville couple searching for a Navy veteran.

Dionna Gray's fiance found a sword buried under leaves in an alley between Pope and State Streets in Louisville.

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"He saw a glimmer. The sun hit it and he thought it was a coin or a toy and when he picked it up out of the leaves, it was this sword," Gray said.

The sword is engraved with the name Shawn M Pedersen and says he was a BU2 in the U.S. Navy.

"I'm sure he would like this back. It was earned. It wasn't just a gift, he earned this," Gray said.

Gray has no idea who Pedersen is. The sword has ten locations engraved on it, including Tora Bora, Kandahar, and Kabul.

Gray doesn't know anything about Pedersen's service and doesn't know who gave him the sword, but she does know she wants he or his family to have it back.

"Our family is military and my fiance lost his son. He was in Iraq twice and he's no longer with us. He was not even 25 years old and my dad has since passed away. We're just a military family. We love our country," Gray said.

Her fiance cleaned up the sword and they've been keeping it in a safe place at home while they try to find the person it belongs to.

They hope to return the sword before Christmas.

"It would make me proud to return it to him. It would make me proud for him to have that. It really would, it really would," Gray said.